Modify configure.py for Debian defaults [was: Re: [Pkg-lyx-devel] Time to merge?]

[Per Olofsson]

Sven Hoexter:
> On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 08:41:32PM +0200, Per Olofsson wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > We need to do something about configure.py as well so that it uses
> > sane Debian defaults. It should probably be as little dynamic as
> > possible and use static defaults mostly.
> IMHO we should not modify configure.py in any way.
> We can not predict which of those tools listet in Recommends/Suggests are
> avaible and which are not so it seems to be a good way to detect it with
> this configure.py script.
> 
> If it's really needed to set some sane defaults we should use lyxrc.dist.

I think that, if possible, we should specify programs to be used even
if they are not available, as they might become available. How should
the user know that he/she has to use the Reconfigure command each time
a package that might be useful for LyX is installed?

-- 
Pelle